Jacksonville, Fla. — IKEA has officially broken ground on its fifth Florida store. Until the future IKEA Jacksonville opens in fall 2017, customers can shop at IKEA Orlando and IKEA Tampa. Two other IKEA stores are located in the South Florida cities of Sunrise and Sweetwater.
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Fayetteville, Ark. — READY Construction, a general contractor with offices in Fayetteville and Dallas, has completed construction of the Hideaway Pizza in North Little Rock, Ark. Hideaway Pizza was founded in 1957 in Stillwater, Okla. This marks the first Hideaway Pizza location in Arkansas and the 17th restaurant for the company.
Batavia, Ill. — Leading grocery retailer ALDI has earned LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for its environmentally sustainable distribution center and regional headquarters in Moreno Valley, Calif.
Goodlettsville, Tenn. — Dollar General is underway on the construction of five new stores in southeastern North Dakota. The stores are expected to open in spring 2017 and, when completed, will expand the company’s presence to 44 states across the country.
Miami — Amicon Construction Management (ACM) is managing the construction of three Rubio’s Coastal Grill locations in South Florida. San Diego-based Rubio’s has more than 200 locations in the southwestern U.S. Rubio’s first South Florida location — also its first on the East Coast — will be located in downtown Miami and is expected to be completed this fall.